Prince William stunned by phone hacking scandal

Prince William was stunned at the extent of the phone hacking scandal that rocked the U.K. last year (11).
The second-in-line to the throne unwittingly helped to uncover illegal voicemail interception by a private investigator working for the News of the World tabloid when he complained to aides about leaked information appearing in the publication.
His security staff established that the details were coming from a
third party accessing his cell phone messages and the newspaper's
office was raided by cops, setting in motion a chain of events that
led to legal action from hundreds of celebrities who had been
targeted and the closure of the News of the World last year
(11).
Journalist Tom Bradby, a friend of the prince, had left the
voicemail message that was accessed by the paper, and admits both
he and the royal were shocked when the full truth of the hacking
emerged.
He tells S magazine, "I've spoken to William a lot about this
since, and I think both of us are slightly stunned by the scale of
what was going on. What we both realised, looking back, was that
phone hacking was a massive explanation for the climate of mistrust
that both princes (William and his brother Harry) lived in.
Mistrusting some of their friends was pretty awful for them. They
endlessly obsessed about who was leaking this and who was leaking
that, and it was the bane of their lives.
"Since the whole thing came to light, all that has stopped. They've
realised that their friends, and even casual acquaintances, are not
betraying them, and I think that has made a huge difference to
their lives."